magnetum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →magnes, (gen.), magnetis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
magnetic; of a magnet/lodestone; of Magnesia; [~ lapis => magnet, lodestone];
gen. pl. (all) - Entry →magnes, magnetis:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
magnet, lodestone; inhabitants of Magnesia (pl.);
gen. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...possit, quem Magneta vocant patrio de nomine Grai, Magnetum quia sit patriis in finibus ortus. hunc homines lapidem..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quoque, urbem ualidam et ad omnia opportunam, et Magnetum gentem suae dicionis fecit. inde et in Thracia quasdam..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...adlocutique concilio frequenti Thessalos Demetriadem iter flexere. eo Magnetum concilium indictum est. accuratior ibi habenda oratio fuit, quod..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ille Antiocho, hic Mithridate pulsis fidem atque virtutem Magnetum decoravere, uti Dianae Leucophrynae perfugium inviolabile foret. Aphrodisienses posthac..."